BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Divide County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T160N R97W sections 26, 27

Spacing unit1 wells allowed · order 35696Wildrose-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T160N R97W sections 26, 27
Pool
Wildrose-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
County
Divide County
Surveyed wells inside
1
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
DMR case / order on the footprint
11172 /
Unit id
dsu-d39bbcd11da8e1cdc96e
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
1
Wells assigned to this unit
1
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
0
First linked order
Sep 25, 2009
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
1 (0.73 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
4.63 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0.74 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 1 lateral still fit at the density this unit's neighbourhood has reached (the larger of the 75th percentile of mature units within 10 miles and the median of units drilled in the last three years), placed in the widest gaps with the setbacks of the November 2026 method. 3 more would fit the density but not the spacing rule. Machine-made and geometric: not a commitment to drill, not a permit, order, lease or plan, and no economics. Land is counted once, so a unit under a larger unit shows only what the larger one left. How it is computed.

Map

AARESTAD 4-27H1 mi

DMR footprint (NAD83) with the published surface locations of its wells. Laterals run under the unit; pads often sit on a neighbouring section.

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Wells inside the unit

WellOperatorStatusLateral inside
AARESTAD 4-27HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)7,838 ft100%

Surveyed Bakken-system laterals with at least 660 ft of plan-view length inside the published footprint. Geometric membership, not a legal assignment; a lateral can cross several units.

Order history

  1. Order 13537Case 11172Established the spacing unitNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC
  2. Order 15726Case 13448Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  3. Order 15726Case 13448Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  4. Order 16085Case 13802Established the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC
  5. Order 35696Case 32770Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  6. Order 35868Case 32939Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.

Facts extracted from signed NDIC orders whose land description covers this footprint; machine-extracted and not human-reviewed. A stated allowance is what that order allowed, not proof that it governs today.

Overlapping units

2 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.